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Biomedica Vol. 22 (Jul. - Dec. 2006) F:/Biomedica Jul. Dec. 2006/Bio-3 (B) PNEUMOTHORAX AFTER CT GUIDED transthoracic needle aspiration biopsy OF LUNG MASSES ASIM SHAUKAT, YASSER AMIN, AFSHAN QURESHI, TAHIR Q. KHAN AND M. N. ANJUM Department of Radiology, King Edward Medical College / Mayo Hospital, Lahore The purpose of this study was to analyse the rate of PNEUMOTHORAX AFTER CT GUIDED trans-thoracic needle aspiration biopsy (TNAB) of lung masses, using variable needle sizes. A total of 70 patients underwent this procedure, among them, 18 patients (26%) developed pneu-mothorax, with 18G needles 24 patients underwent FNA and seven of them (25%) developed PNEUMOTHORAX , with 20G needle , 26% developed PNEUMOTHORAX and with the 22G needle 25% developed PNEUMOTHORAX . As a conclusion the study shows that the rate of PNEUMOTHORAX AFTER CT GUIDED TNAB of lung masses remains almost the same regardless of the size of the needle . transthoracic percutaneous biopsy of the lung masses is a long known and time proven invasive procedure.
Biomedica Vol. 22 (Jul. - Dec. 2006) F:/Biomedica Vol.22 Jul. – Dec. 2006/Bio-3 (B) PNEUMOTHORAX AFTER CT GUIDED TRANSTHORACIC NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY OF LUNG MASSES
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